Bofa D. Ligma
Insufferable board game enthusiast. Former corporate translation stooge. FFXIV enjoyer (Babi Froschtheim on Kujata). Blood on the Clocktower Storyteller. All thoughts are my own. Tokyo. 🇯🇵
@igaitanidis.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Chiba University (Japan); Spirituality and Alternativity in Contemporary Japan (2022); Teaching Japan: A Handbook (co-ed., 2024); Therapy, Spirituality, and East Asian Imaginaries (co-ed., 2025) https://researchmap.jp/gaitanidis
@mbourdaghs.bsky.social
Scholar and translator, modern Japanese literature and culture; I also write fiction, music criticism, and sundry other things. Plus the occasional sumo and baseball post. Faculty at University of Chicago. www.bourdaghs.com
@becedo.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Occidental College. Cultural historian of 19th ce Japan. Podcaster on New Books Network. I read kuzushiji and crochet. 日本語ペラペラ
@paupitarch.bsky.social
I teach Modern Japanese Literature and Media at Waseda University.
@imorianderson.bsky.social
Sometimes scholar of Japanese Christianity and empire, sometimes curator of Japanese American stuff. I also knit and sew. And travel as often as possible. Also cat mom to Imogen the orange.
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️ Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
@jolyonbt.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies. Author, Faking Liberties (2019), Drawing on Tradition (2012); co-editor, New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025). Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.17249. Web: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
@gwynjapan.bsky.social
🐨 oral historian of Asia and 🗾Japan. Born🇵🇬Raised🇧🇩 Works@UNE Anaiwan Country. Lives Wurundjeri/Kulin Nation. Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki 2020; Aromas of Asia 2023. 🏀 🏃♂️
@colleenlaird.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Japanese Film at the University of British Columbia. Videographic scholarship ❤️
@jaspersharp.bsky.social
Movies and mushrooms. Writer, film critic, Japanese film lover, amateur mycologist, co-director of CREEPING GARDEN and J-HORROR VIRUS and author of a few books. https://jaspersharp.squarespace.com
@jdm0079.bsky.social
Gamemaker. Academic copy editor for hire. Gundam scholar. Asian studies. Academic libraries. Enjoys birds and cats. Views my own. He/him. http://john.bombdotcom.net/ | https://jdmgames.itch.io/ Salt Lake City, Utah
@debraocchi.bsky.social
Anthropology and linguistics of Japanese character culture, regionality, Pokémon tourism | qual research | consulting | 日本語OK
@inqualia.bsky.social
other spatial mediations | media studies & japan studies | books: ambient media, the immersive enclosure | proquet.mit.edu
@mpitelka.bsky.social
Historian of Japan, distinguished professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, specialist in material culture, urban history, environmental history; coeditor, Journal of Japanese Studies
@matteob.bsky.social
By day: lumpenproletariat. By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications. Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
@davidleheny.bsky.social
Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
@christinalaffin.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, University of British Columbia. She/her.
@ata225.bsky.social
Professor of Japanese history at the University of Kentucky. Book on motherhood and peace activism in Cold War Japan forthcoming in February 2025
@jameswelker.bsky.social
ジェームズ・ウェルカー（he/him） I research queer cultures, feminisms, and popular culture & media in and beyond Japan・クィアスタディーズ、フェミニズム、グローバリゼーション、日本文化史を研究しています More: https://linktr.ee/james.welker
@sarahappleton.bsky.social
Co-director of Shudder Original The Found Footage Phenomenon and Shudder Exclusive The J-Horror Virus! ♑️ - I make blu-ray extras too. www.caprisarproductions.com
@dfeds.bsky.social
historian of japan/korea/the environment | words: davidfedman.org | digital archive: JapanAirRaids.org | film: https://papercityfilm.com/
@scriptingjapan.bsky.social
Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him. https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
@msteinbrg.bsky.social
Platforms (digital & not), animation, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Super apps! Prof at Concordia University. Director of The Platform Lab. Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.
@nhledbetter.bsky.social
ABD, Princeton, East Asian Studies. Instructor, Asian History, Rider University. Perpetually writing my dissertation (warfare in 16th C. Kyushu, Japan). He/Him/あいつ/"That Nagashino Guy." At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.
@christiantagsold.bsky.social
Professor for Japanese studies at HHU Düsseldorf lots of chess, learning 🇵🇱
@hiromunagahara.bsky.social
MIT historian of Modern Japan MIT教員・近代日本史 https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/ Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles City-walker and photo-taker
@kurtishanlon.bsky.social
A lecturer in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Yale University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Designated departmental baker (he/him) Signal: kurtishanlon.33
@ninahorisakichr.bsky.social
Art Historian (Lecturer, UCLA), Curator, Writer, Translator, and sometimes artist (she/her)
@zackdavisson.com
2 x Eisner-winning Writer/Translator/Lecturer. Noted Monster Scholar. Faculty at NYU. Sabre fencer. Extra fancy. ULTIMATE X-MEN, CONAN, STAR WARS: VISIONS, MtG, ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI Shigeru Mizuki, Matsumoto Leiji, www.zackdavisson.com
@eamahon.bsky.social
Anthropologist/Photographer/Writer based in the Hokuriku Region of Japan. Enjoys skiing, history, and learning. https://linktr.ee/EmilyTanaka?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@jjol33n.bsky.social
|Ph.D. in Games |Postdoctoral Researcher @CoEGameCult |Editor @Eludamos |Author of Video Game Characters and Transmedia Storytelling |(she/her)
@malecsandram.bsky.social
PhD • foreign labor in the Japanese video game industry Translator JP-ENG 🇷🇴🇬🇧🇯🇵en een beetje 🇳🇱 Sharing research in accessible language at @japancreatives.bsky.social
@louisehk.bsky.social
Japanese to English literary translator, occasional actor, film and theatre fan, proud 浜っ子
@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social
Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic. 🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
@okazu.yuricon.com
Lesbian Icon, Yurijin, Speaker, Writer, Editor, Researcher. Looking for opportunities. By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga on sale now! https://yuricon.com/product/bys/
@horbinski.bsky.social
Anime + manga expert, PhD History and New Media (UC Berkeley), writer + researcher. Preorder MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY: HOW CREATORS AND FANS MADE JAPANESE COMICS, 1905-1989 now! 日本語でOK She/her linktr.ee/ahorbinski
@tobiasharris.bsky.social
Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner; RHP + IF ⚾ Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com. Business: www.japanforesight.com
@stesantschi.bsky.social
CONNECTING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL. Working on Hokusai publication. Postdoctoral Fellow, East Asian Art History, University of Zurich. Japanese arts, prints and digital humanities specialist.
@levimclaughlin.bsky.social
Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
@katch.bsky.social
🇯🇵→🇺🇸 Game Translator & Editor; Writer (he/him) 和米ゲーム翻訳家・編集者 Some game series I've worked on: The Rumble Fish, Gundam, Romancing Saga, Dragon Ball, Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, Captain Tsubasa, Phantom of the Kill, Sword Art Online
@kaihat.su
Videomaker, independent scholar, and type designer in Osaka, Japan. 在阪タイプデザイナー、動画の制作者と独立学者。 English／日本語／Español／العربية Aynu'itak ponno k=eraman. Videos: kaih.at/youtube Writings: afkary.ae Views are my own. 内容は私個人の見解。
@sdahl.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Japan, religion, & counterculture (U of Toronto PhD, 2019). Forthcoming book, "The Secret World: An Ethnography of Shugendo in Northeastern Japan" w/ UNC Press slated for publication in 2025.
@danamirsalis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at Pacific University. Modern and contemporary Japanese religion (especially Shinto), history, and gender.
@lucyglasspool.bsky.social
Associate professor of popular culture, gender and sexuality at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies. Specialising in fandom and digital erotica. Also Richard II nerd. (She/her, 英語・日本語)
@suika.bsky.social
Researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. I post about Japan, poetry, politics, LGBTQ topics, DnD & more. 🏳️⚧️ 研究者。短歌大好き。元早稲ギャル
@josephhenares.bsky.social
ABD @Princeton. 外国人共同研究者 @UnivKyoto. Philosophy and intellectual history of modern Japan. 陳清風